Arun Kumar THE Government, worried about the inflation rapidly inching up month after month, has finally become proactive. The steps announced are designed to lower the prices of basics like diesel, steel, cement and plastics. Wholesale Price Index (‘WPI’) has risen at more…
Santosh Mehrotra Surjit Bhalla, India’s Executive Director (IMF), Arvind Virmani, former Chief Economic Advisor under UPA, and K Bhasin, in an IMF Working Paper, state that to estimate poverty, when no survey has been undertaken, is to take the most…
Dhiraj Nayyar Eight years into Narendra Modi’s tenure as Prime Minister, it is no surprise that many economists remain unconvinced about his economics. This is largely because of the limitations of economists, not the shortcomings of Modi. Economists fancy themselves…
TK Arun Now that the Union government has reduced its levies on petrofuels, are we out of the woods on inflation? The basic thing to understand about inflation is that it is a function of a whole lot of things…
Press Release Congratulate Accredited Social Health Activist (ASHA) Workers for WHO including them in Global Health Leaders Government must Recognise them as Workers The following Press Statement was issued on 24th May 2022 by the All India ASHA Workers Federation…
Arun Kumar WPI rising at 15.08% in April 2022 has set alarm bells ringing in the government. Not only has the WPI been rising at above 10% per annum for over 13 months, it has been rising faster since February…